Several media outlets have reported that workers from American Express have petitioned the U.S. Department of Labor for more unemployment benefits because —as they allege— AmEx has sent jobs overseas. Workers here in G’boro were affected when AmEx closed its call center out by PTI, but the company maintains those jobs went to call centers in other U.S. cities.
AmEx CEO Kenneth Chenault serves on the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, which seeks to “ensure the competitiveness of the United States and on ways to create jobs, opportunity, and prosperity for the American people.”
